Yobani — #12768 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yobani

The Social Security Administration has registered 773 babies named Yobani between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yobani currently holds the #12768 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yobani performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 343 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yobani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 200 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Yobani in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yobani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 773 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.